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China may lend Japan two pandas

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Chinese President Hu Jintao, on the first visit to Japan by a Chinese leader in 10 years, called for the Asian nations to improve relations and reportedly offered to lend Tokyo a pair of pandas as a show of goodwill, according to a Times wire report.

The gesture would help soothe the international mourning for the 22-year-old giant panda Ling Ling, who recently died at Tokyo’s largest zoo.

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Hu and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said they hope the visit will take the edge off border disputes and historical animosity. Hu was greeted in a ceremony early today by Emperor Akihito.

-Francisco Vara-Orta

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